---
title: List documents (GET /api/v2/documents) | HelpRange API
description: GET /api/v2/documents: Your latest 100 documents, newest first, in folders you can open.
url: https://www.helprange.com/developers/api/list-documents
---

GET

# List documents

`https://www.helprange.com/api/v2/documents`

Your latest 100 documents, newest first, in folders you can open.

**Plans:** Pro, Max, Unlimited, Deal Room Pass, trial. **Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer hr_live_…` (team key), `X-API-Key`, `Authorization: Api-Key <key>` or an OAuth `Bearer` token. **Scope:** `documents:read`. **Operation id:** `listDocuments`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `folder_id` | query | integer | Only documents of this folder. |
| `subfolder` | query | string | A subfolder id, or "none" for documents in no subfolder. subfolder_id is accepted too. |

## Example request

```
curl -X GET 'https://www.helprange.com/api/v2/documents?folder_id=31' \
  -H "X-API-Key: $HELPRANGE_API_KEY"
```

```
const res = await fetch('https://www.helprange.com/api/v2/documents?folder_id=31', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': process.env.HELPRANGE_API_KEY},
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status}: ${data.error || data.message || data.reason}`);
console.log(data);
```

```
import os

import requests

r = requests.get(
    'https://www.helprange.com/api/v2/documents',
    headers={'X-API-Key': os.environ['HELPRANGE_API_KEY']},
    params={
        "folder_id": 31,
    },
    timeout=60,
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```

The samples read the key from the `HELPRANGE_API_KEY` environment variable.

## Responses

| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| `200` | OK |
| `400` | Invalid input – the message says which parameter. |
| `401` | Missing or invalid API key / OAuth token. Team keys: code invalid_key, key_revoked, key_expired or key_owner_removed. |
| `402` | Your plan does not include the REST API (the Free plan) or this feature (e.g. NDA needs Max). |
| `403` | The team API key lacks the scope this endpoint needs. |
| `405` | Wrong HTTP method for this endpoint. |
| `429` | A usage limit was reached – wait Retry-After seconds. |

Example response · 200

```
{
  "documents": [
    {
      "id": 250,
      "name": "proposal.pdf",
      "folder_id": 31,
      "type": "document",
      "pages": 12,
      "default_link": "https://www.helprange.com/view/471dcc98874d4d0cb7c3eb1874c4e3db/proposal.pdf",
      "subfolder_id": 7,
      "subfolder": "Contracts",
      "path": "Legal › Contracts"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Try it

**Uses your real account.** The request goes from your browser straight to `www.helprange.com` with your API key and acts as you. The key stays in this page (in this tab's session storage only if you tick the box), is never put in a URL and is not sent to analytics. Do not paste a key on a shared computer.
 API key

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folder_id (query)

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